Connecticut western news., 1887-03-16
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G. w. Bishop has returned to Mount

G. w. Bishop has returned to Mount Carmel.
 George H. Clark is better
 Charles F. Harris spent the Sabbath with his family at Maple Shade hotel.
 J. M. Selleck received severe cut near the knee from an axe. Himself and Charles Cain were chopping wood near each other whom Gains axe caught on a twig and was brought against Selleck's leg.
 Mir and Mrs John Burgett of Great Burlington visited at MT Glenn's last week.
 Hon F. Miles purposes thorough repair on his residence at Twin Lakes this season.
 Organ recital last Saturday; pleasant as usual to those who heard it.
 The first blue-jay of the season perch ed on an apple tree near the drug store Saturday.
 A man says: Last Sunday I saw the first singing bird l have seen this season. It was pcrched above the front doors of the Congregational church, singing sweetly. It was soon after the closing of the house after service; beau tiful omen of spring and peace.
 ARCTIC EXPERIENCE.
 Last fall man named Willis found himself and family domiciled in wood man's house on the opposite side of the lake that the Riga campers are so in love with, where the fair ladies dip the feathered oar and draw in on lines the dangling specimens of the finny tribe while the lazier sex on shore pore over the classics or Waverlys or Dickens and watch the curling smoke as it rises heavenward from their Havana. or com pei their brother-mau to TOW boat that they may fish by trolling. The historic ground, the camping place of the Thompsons, the Warmers and their bevy of friends, is within the arena of the scenes of the following. MT Willis found himself thus depending on his skill as wood-chopper to win bread for himself and family. He was not without herd in the stall, for in the little barn but little way from the house was handsome little COW, and beyond the partition, her winters stock of hay. Storm after storm came, and snow upon snow, till the chopping of more wood upon the mountain became not only difficult but undesirable, as the stumps would be so high; the work in summer could not be done, Accordingly Willis sought employment at the base of the mountain where wood was being chop ped in a more genial cline, and where by thawing the snow had been reduced. He moved the family near his work, agreeing with another wood-chopper who was the sole occupant of annthei coal bush hotel, to feed the COW left be- hind on the mountain, and which the man did faithfully for anything we know. On Friday last, Willis went after the COW, taking with him seven more wood-choppers, each carrying . shovel On arriving at the barn on the mountain they let the COW out and con- menced digging a canal or passage way for her to walk in. They dug to the shore of the lake, about one-half mlle, snow much of the way being five feet deep. Then they passed over the lake on the ice, another half mile being gained in this way, when the COW re- fused to go any farther in any direction and under any circumstances. The men then proceeded to cut down a hemlock tree, placed the COW on it and drawing her half mile came to brook coming 1 from spring, where the water was so warm it had not frozen over, and i'm mersion seemed imminent, but cutting some poles they extemporized struc- turo and carried the COW over, then car ried their toboggan-the tree--over and again placed the COW on it. and pro- ceeding drew her near the old forge dam and stopped, whereupon "boss' deliberately got mp, walked into the nearest barn and commenced eating hay.